Army Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn C. Cashe
35, of Oviedo, Fla.
assigned to 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, based in Fort Benning, Ga.; died Nov. 8 at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from wounds suffered Oct. 17 while on patrol in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle when an improvised explosive devise detonated near his vehicle in Samarra, Iraq.
Cashe wasn’t initially hurt when a roadside bomb exploded Oct. 17 next to his Bradley Fighting Vehicle while on patrol in Samara, Iraq, family members said.
But he suffered second- and third-degree burns over 70 percent of his body when he ran back into the vehicle in an attempt to rescue other soldiers trapped inside, according to his family.
Also, an Air Force medic met Cashe before he died: Last Night I met a Hero
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June 13th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
He was great precisely because, like other heroes, he did not allow human weakness to deter him from doing great works.
- Carl McClendon